[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大唐西域記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087) › 9.14 # 大唐西域記 9.14 大唐西域記 9.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.14) 石室側有棧道，廣十餘步，長四五里。昔頻毘娑羅王將往佛所，乃斬石通谷，疏崖填川，或壘石，或鑿巖，作為階級，以至佛所。從此大山中東行六十餘里，至矩奢揭羅補羅城（唐言上茅宮城）。上茅宮城，摩揭陀國之正中，古先君王之所都，多出勝上吉祥香茅，以故謂之上茅城也。崇山四周，以為外郭，西通峽徑，北闢山門，東西長，南北狹，周一百五十餘里。內城餘趾周三十餘里。羯尼迦樹遍諸蹊徑，花含殊馥，色爛黃金，暮春之月，林皆金色。 > By the side of the stone house there is a wooden way (a road made with timber) about 10 paces wide and about 4 or 5 li. Formerly Bimbisara-raja, when about to go to the place where Buddha was, cut out a passage through the rock, opened up the valleys, levelled the precipices, and led a way across the river-courses, built up walls of stone, and bored through the opposing crags, and made ladders up the heights to reach the place where Buddha was located. From this spot proceeding eastward through the mountains about 60 li, we arrive at the city Kus'agara-pura (Kiu-she-kie-lo-pu-lo), or "the royal city of best grass (lucky grass)." This is the central point of the kingdom of Magadha. Here the former kings of the country fixed their capital. It produces much of the most excellent, scented, fortunate grass, and therefore it is called "the city of the superior grass." High mountains surround it on each side, and form as it were its external walls. On the west it is approached through a narrow pass, on the north there is a passage through the mountains. The town is extended from east to west and narrow from north to south. It is about 150 li in circuit. The remaining foundations of the wall of the inner city are about 30 li in circuit. The trees called Kie-ni-kia (Kanakas) border all the roads, their flowers exhale a delicious perfume, and their colour is of a bright golden hue. In the spring months the forests are all of a golden colour. > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World - [Previous: 9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.13) - [Next: 9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.15) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9) ## Translations (1) - [Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087~en-beal.9.1.16) — Samuel Beal 1884, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.14) · Pramāṇa